Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players
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Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players
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#2> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee.
From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience of sleeping extra well in higher end hotel beds than my own bed at home.
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#3> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…
>maybe that's also just coming from my own experience of sleeping extra well in higher end hotel beds than my own bed at home.
Not trying to argue with you about your experience or anything, but I think it's possible that certain elite athletes have different needs.
Just as a thought exercise, think back to all those high end hotels you've stayed in, and try to remember the comfy beds.
Now, would those beds have been as comfy if you were 7 ft 1 in, (2.1 meters), tall?
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#4> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…
Consider that a king size bed is only 6'8" long, while the average player's height is ~6'7"
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#5> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…
It's never a guarantee
and either way it's all different beds when you are traveling a lot and thats always going to eventually present a problem
having a bunch of different high-end mattresses means a lot of different comfort styles.
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#6> To fight back, he says he hopes to grab a few hours of sleep on the plane to Houston. He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee. From what I have seen, most pro teams stay at some of the nicest hotels in said visiting city. With that said, I'm surprised to see the "He hopes the hotel bed there is OK, though that's never a guarantee." But maybe that's also just coming from my own experience…
I personally find the beds in the fanciest hotels the hardest to sleep in because everything is just so... fluffy.
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#7Every year when I go to re:invent, Amazon's big conference in Las Vegas, I schedule nap time from 3pm to 5pm. When I'm there I meeting with lots of different people, from as early as 7am to as late (early?) as 1am, and sometimes I'm out till 3am or later.
That nap is the only thing that makes it bearable. And I get mocked for it and I don't care. But sleep is no joke.
I also do all the blue shift/night shift stuff on my phones and laptops year round, and that seemed to make a big difference when I started doing it. I went as far as replacing every light I need at night to one that can go as low as 1850K, so I see no blue light for a few hours before bed.
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#8Summary (from 4277 words): From a study of 18 players, testosterone levels
fell from 88th percentile among males their age to 32nd percentile by
midseason. Their grueling travel schedule, and not the exertion of on-court
play, was to blame as non-player personnel also experienced similar declines.
Studies show five hours of sleep per night over the course of a week lowers
testosterone levels by an equivalent of 11 years of aging.
Verbosity is an existential threat.
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#9Seems like MLB (baseball) players have it even worse. 162 games in 6 months and that’s just the regular season. Games average longer and if extra innings can go 5+ hours and well past midnight.
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#10Seems like MLB (baseball) players have it even worse. 162 games in 6 months and that’s just the regular season. Games average longer and if extra innings can go 5+ hours and well past midnight.
You typically stay in the same city for more than a single night in baseball, though. 2-4 game series v. 1 game then out.